AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past week

A Brazilian Bororo Indian is seen in front of the moon at the World Indigenous Games in Palmas, Brazil on Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. Nearly 2,000 native peoples from around the world participated in the first World Indigenous Games, a kaleidoscopic celebration of first peoples from around the globe.   

AP PHOTOS: Cuba's trains offer fine-grained look at country

From east to the west, trains offer a fine-grained, slow-moving view of Cuba that few foreigners ever see.

Goats graze alongside tracks in the countryside, forcing trains to brake to avoid hitting them. Old American sedans line up at a crossing while locomotives pass. Horse-drawn carts cross the rails after a train has gone by.

AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past week

A box containing a seized stuffed tiger head sits yet to be unpacked inside a warehouse at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wildlife Property Repository in Commerce City, Colo., on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. There are an estimated 3,200 tigers left in the wild.   

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Asia

In this Oct. 17, 2015 photo, a supporter displays a picture of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi stuck in her headband during a campaign rally of the National League for Democracy party in Thandwe, western Rakhine state, Myanmar. Suu Kyi on Friday shifted her election campaign to the region that presents the most formidable challenge - the Rakhine state, which has been a hotbed of sectarian conflict between Rohingya Muslims and hard-line Buddhists.

AP PHOTOS: Egyptian women candidates work the campaign trail

In this Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015 photo, Asmaa Ahmed Abdel Hakeem, an independent candidate, waves from a vehicle as she campaigns in her neighborhood in Giza, Egypt, ahead of Egyptian parliamentary elections. The 40 year-old woman is a manager of a family-owned school. It's her first time to run in elections, and says her family has been supportive of the move. 

Hungary shuts Croatian border to migrant flow

A migrant child smiles as she follows her mother down the path that leads to the Serbian-Croatian border crossing, at the village of Berkasovo, near Sid, Serbia, on Thursday, Oct.15, 2015. The migrants and refugees are struggling with the autumn rain and the cold as EU leaders are discussing in Brussels how to deal with the crisis.  

AP PHOTOS: Objects left on the beach by migrants on Lesbos

In this Monday, Oct. 5, 2015 photo, a children's toy is portrayed on a beach next to the town of Molyvos, on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos. The migrants arrive by the hundreds on the beaches of the Greek island of Lesbos. And in their eagerness to move on, they leave behind belongings they carried with them.   

AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past week

Syrian army personnel load howitzers near the village of Morek, Syria on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015. The Syrian army has launched an offensive against rebels earlier in the week in central and northwestern Syria aided by Russian airstrikes.  

Image of Asia: Practicing evasive maneuvers in Philippines

In this photo by Bullit Marquez, a roped cow tries to break free in front of a Philippine marine who tries to avoid it while taking up his position during a live-fire exercise near the coast northwest of Manila. Hundreds of cattle live on the sprawling naval facility at San Antonio township in Zambales province, and the marines and amphibious-assault vehicles had to maneuver through the herd during the exercise. More than 600 U.S. and Philippine marines took part in the annual exercise that concluded Friday and was aimed at increasing the armed forces' capabilities in bilateral maritime operations. The facility faces Scarborough Shoal, one of the contested areas in the South China Sea that is also claimed by China. (AP)

AP Photos: Portraits of refugees along Europe migrant trail

In this photo taken on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015, Syrian refugee Mahmoud Naoura, 30, who came from Aleppo, Syria, poses for a picture while holding his daughter Huda, 5, who was injured in 2012 by a government bombing on their home which made her lose her sight, shortly after arriving on a dinghy from the Turkish coast to the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos. Naoura said “I just want to cure my daughter. Huda will see again, inshallah, and when she will open her eyes I want her to see a safe environment around.”   

John Lennon (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980)

John Lennon with his mother, Julia at Ardmore, Rockferry, Cheshire      

10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos

Waseem Akram takes a break while working at coal depot in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015.   

AP PHOTOS: Memorable Nobel Peace Prize winners of the past

In this Sept. 26, 1944, file photo, Staff Aide Jane Steward, an American Red Cross worker, lights a cigarette for a wounded French gendarme at a U.S. evacuation hospital in Brittany. In 1944, the Red Cross was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the second time, having also won it in 1917. It then claimed the award for what still is a record third time in 1963.

World Beard And Mustache Championships

A contestant of the World Beard And Mustache Championships poses for a picture during the opening ceremony of the Championships 2015 on October 3, 2015 in Leogang, Austria. Over 300 contestants in teams from across the globe have come to compete in sixteen different categories in three groups: mustache, partial beard and full beard. The event takes place every few years at different locations worldwide.  

10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos

Muslims offer prayers at the Jama Masjid during Eid al-Adha in New Delhi, India on Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, by sacrificing animals to commemorate the prophet Ibrahim's faith in being willing to sacrifice his son.